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US-Led Syria Strike Kills Scores of Relatives of IS Fighters

Dozens of relatives of Islamic State fighters were killed on Friday in new US-led strikes on Syria, just hours after...

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New US-Led Syria Strike Kills 80 Relatives of IS Fighters

A US-led coalition air strike on the eastern Syrian town of Mayadeen early Friday killed at least 80 relatives of...

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UN Urges Anti-IS Coalition To Protect Civilians

The UN on Friday urged all nations bombing jihadist targets in Syria to better distinguish between civilian and...

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Syria Army Takes Control of Damascus-Palmyra Road

The Syrian army is in full control of the highway from Damascus to ancient Palmyra for the first time since 2014 after...

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US-Led Strikes Kill 35 Civilians In East Syria

US-led coalition air strikes on Thursday killed at least 35 civilians in an eastern Syrian town held by the Islamic...

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No Increase In Civilian Deaths Under Trump

A top US Air Force official on Wednesday denied claims that civilian casualties in Iraq and Syria are soaring under...

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16 Civilians Dead In Coalition Strikes Near Raqa

At least 16 civilians were killed in bombing raids early Wednesday by the US-led coalition near the Islamic State...

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Deadliest Month For Syria Civilians In US-Led Strikes

US-led air strikes on Syria killed a total of 225 civilians over the past month, a monitor said on Tuesday, the highest...

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Blasts At Syrian Rebel Base Kill 14 Fighters

Ahrar al-Sham blamed the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) for the attack Ahrar al-Sham blamed the Islamic...

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ISIS Executes 19 Civilians In Syria, Including Two Children

ISIS has executed 19 civilians in Syria, including two children, human rights activists have claimed today. The...

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Syria Condemns Attack By US-Led Coalition

Syria on Friday condemned a US-led coalition strike on pro-government forces as a "brazen attack" and said it would...

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Syria Army Retakes Villages After Deadly IS Attack

The Syrian army has regained full control of two central villages from the Islamic State group after an attack that...

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IS Kills More Than 50 People In Syria Assault

The Islamic State group killed more than 50 people in an attack on two government-held villages in central Syria's Hama...

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IS Kills More Than 50 In Central Syria Attack

The Islamic State group killed more than 50 people in an attack on two government-held villages in central Syria's Hama...

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Syrians Seek Release of Prisoners From ‘crematorium’ Jail

Standing outside the UN's headquarters in Geneva, Amina Kholani chokes back tears as she relives the nightmare of...

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US-Led Coalition Denies East Syria Strike That Killed Civilians

The US-led coalition against the Islamic State group said Wednesday it did not conduct strikes in the eastern Syrian...

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US-Led Strike On IS-Held Syria Town Kills 23 Civilians

Islamic State jihadists established a caliphate in 2014 after seizing a large swathe of territory in Iraq and Syria,...

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Syria Regime Nears Total Recapture of Damascus

Syria's regime is close to cementing its control over the entire capital under local deals with rebels after a six-year...

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Evacuation of Rebel Damascus District Begins

Civilians and rebels began evacuating a third opposition-held district of Damascus on Sunday, bringing the government...